Roosevelt in Europe Courted by Royals and Scholars
Col Theodore Roosevelt toured Europe delivering scholarly addresses while receiving royal hospitality. He met with the pope in Vatican Rome after Africa, attended King Edward's funeral in London, spoke at the University of Berlin, and received the Oxford Romanes lectures. Cambridge awarded him a Doctor of Laws.
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Africa
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Europe
Paris
Christiania
Berlin
Oxford
Roosevelt
Italy
Vatican
Holy Father
Fairbanks
Rome
Eternal City
Edward
Kaliser
Mr. Roosevelt
William
University of Berlin
United States
England
George
Mary
Queen Mother
London
Guild Hall
University of Cambridge
Watermelon Crop Leads Missouri to National Markets
Missouri's 1909 watermelon harvest reached 9,170,100 melons valued at $917,000 with 80 counties producing fruit. Southeastern counties around Cape Girardeau led production, while price per melon averaged about 10 cents. The piece also notes Red Cross board appointments in Missouri and political candidate declarations alongside a Parkville College donation ruling.
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Jefferson _ City
Georgia
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
J. C. A. Hiller
Cape Girardeau
Scott
Mississippi
Dunkin
May beer tax rises by over six thousand dollars
State Treasurer Cowgill received a check from State Beer Inspector Marshall for $39,229.91 covering May taxes. The May 1909 tax was $33,115.83, and April 1910 tax was $36,700. Interest on state funds for May was $9,601.77.
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Cowgill
Marshall
Judge Brown Named Republican Candidate for Supreme Judge
Judge John C. Brown of Frederick town, member of the statute revision commission, will be the Republican candidate for supreme judge.
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John C. Brown
Fredericktown
Statute Revision Commission
Missouri Supreme Court Affirms $1,000 Judgment
The Missouri Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling that awarded $1,000 in damages. The decision confirms the judgment and preserves the awarded amount for the plaintiff.
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The
Supreme Court of Missouri
16 Years of Skin Disease Finds Cure with Cuticura
Leonard A. Hawter of Brooklyn New York describes a decades long battle with a severe skin disease. After trying many doctors he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and notes a complete transformation following two sets of remedies.
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Leonard A. Hawter
Nostrand Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boy Visits Country Farm Milking Lesson Turns Faucet Milestone
A Washington Heights milk dealer recalls his eight year old son Willie's first country visit. Willie watched Uncle Hezekiah milk the cow and proudly notes he has finished two faucets and just begun on the other two. The anecdote blends rural life with city upbringing.
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Washington Heights
Willie
Hezekiah
Hezzie
Casey at the Bat In Coca Cola Baseball Record Book
The Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 includes Casey at the Bat along with league records schedules and other baseball data compiled by authorities. It notes this book was sent by Coca Cola Co Atlanta on receipt of a 2c stamp and offers The Truth About Coca Cola booklet. It promotes Coca Cola as cooling and refreshing available at soda fountains or in bottles for 5c.
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Casey
Coca Cola
Coca Cola Co
Atlanta
Bald Headed Banter Sparks Evening Joke
A genial citizen jokes about bald heads as his wife wears more than enough hair for two when they go out in the evenings. The light exchange plays on appearance with humorous self awareness.
Still a Chance Inspired Exchange in Divorces
A brief dialogue scene features a young woman asking about love and loss while a man who has endured three divorces remarks he has not yet experienced such heartbreak. The exchange hints at romantic tension without revealing further details.
Pettit's Eye Salve Ad Claims Quick Aid
For any eye disease or injury use Pettit's Eye Salve a harmless remedy that acts quickly 25 cents All druggists of Howard Bros Buffalo NY. You will not reach heaven quicker by provoking neighbors to envy you.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Perry D Davis Painkiller Ad Appears in Archive
An old advertisement touts Perry D Davis Painkiller claiming relief for aches, bruises, burns, strains, diarrhea and dysentery. It promotes internal use and lists prices 25c, 3c and We. A mixed note mentions an airplane chauffeur with a teasing tone.
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Perry D. Davis
Unclear Text Fragments From Advertorial Copy
Fragmentary OCR passage discusses laundry product use with Red Cross Ball Blue and whitening results. Includes garbled phrases about love rhetoric and a Pierce’s product with vague health claims and a pugilist reference. No clear event or identifiable entities.
Good Work Proceeds Slowly in Tuberculosis Care
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis says it will take about forty five years for sufficient hospital beds to serve all indigent consumptives in the United States. Last year 7,000 beds were added, but 300,000 await placement. total beds reach 22,720 across 294 institutions.
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United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
The
National Association
Culprit Sister Faces Papa in Family Accusation
In a tense exchange, a daughter accuses her sister of lies about a parental incident. The sister denies the charges, insisting she cannot be proven wrong, while a claim is aired that she heard Jennie threaten to summon their father if the alleged act recurred. The confrontation centers on family authority and truth within the household.
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Jennie
Charlife
Papa
Conversation About Believability Of Morning Story
Windig questions the truth of a story told by Blinks and Hobert expresses doubt. Both men admit they wouldn’t have believed it if told by themselves.
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Windig
Hobert
Important to Mothers Examines Castoria Bottles
Caution advises mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the signature of age and notes the remedy has been in use for over 80 years and is the kind always bought.
Placard Prank Targets Broad-Aback Alderman
A rotund alderman wandered the streets wearing a placard on his back reading Widened at the expense of the corporation. The gag, popular in Tit-Bits, playfully chides municipal spending.
Question of Precedent and Advertising Snippets
A collection of vintage quotes on equality and parenting. It includes a mock moral dilemma about whether all men are born equal, contrasted with parental pride in a baby’s superiority, plus old product pitches like Lewis' Single Binder cigar and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and wind.
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Austria
Underwood & Underweod
E. Col. Roosevelt
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Sorbonne
Parie
Jefferson City
Ernest P. ~. Bicknell
American Red Cross
Gov
Hadley
Missouri State Board of the American Red Cross
Adolphus Busch
Walker Hill
T. Gresham
William K. Bixby
Elias Michael
R. W. Shapleigh
Henry M. Beardsley
William Walker
William Grice Cumberland
John Peter Hafnagel
John F. Breckinridge
St. Joseph
Park College At
Parkville
Supreme Court
Valliant
Board of Trustees
Nix
Hix
Pierce
Ceuney
W. L. Douglas
Boys
Angus
National Live Stock Com. Co
Omaha
Neb
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Scherb
DeKalb Ave
New York
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Aids
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Nature
Segerstrom
Segerstrom Piano Mfg. CO
Farnum Street
Aes Eae
Scalos Eczemer
Mettle Rash
Crete
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore
J. B. Kidell
Mt. Washington
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